Messenger 8.5 keeps installing

LS,

after every reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
starts an installation procedure after which the normal login screen opens
and Messenger can be used normally.
How to prevent undesired installations upon Windows reboot?
By the way, this behaviour started after installation of several updates for
Windows.


---
Kind regards,

René Meijn
Hoeven
The Netherlands

Greetings,

In a lot of cases, simply uninstalling Windows Live Messenger from (Add or Remove) Programs
in the Control Panel and then reinstalling it will correct this.

If not, come back and there are some slightly more in depth ways to fix this. What's
happening is the Windows Installer has detected a change to the configuration when Messenger
was installed and attempts to "heal" itself by reinstalling itself. Obviously this is
failing and it's just going in circles (which isn't that rare of a situation sadly).

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"R. Meijn" <> wrote in message
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> LS,
>
> after every reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
> starts an installation procedure after which the normal login screen opens
> and Messenger can be used normally.
> How to prevent undesired installations upon Windows reboot?
> By the way, this behaviour started after installation of several updates for
> Windows.
>
>
> ---
> Kind regards,
>
> René Meijn
> Hoeven
> The Netherlands

Jonathan,

you are quite right; uninstalling and subsequent reinstalling did cure this
issue.
Thanks for your valuable suggestion.

--
Kind regards,

René Meijn
Hoeven
The Netherlands


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> In a lot of cases, simply uninstalling Windows Live Messenger from (Add or Remove) Programs
> in the Control Panel and then reinstalling it will correct this.
>
> If not, come back and there are some slightly more in depth ways to fix this. What's
> happening is the Windows Installer has detected a change to the configuration when Messenger
> was installed and attempts to "heal" itself by reinstalling itself. Obviously this is
> failing and it's just going in circles (which isn't that rare of a situation sadly).
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "R. Meijn" <> wrote in message
> news:1D3537F7-EDC0-49CA-90E0-...
> > LS,
> >
> > after every reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
> > starts an installation procedure after which the normal login screen opens
> > and Messenger can be used normally.
> > How to prevent undesired installations upon Windows reboot?
> > By the way, this behaviour started after installation of several updates for
> > Windows.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Ren Meijn
> > Hoeven
> > The Netherlands
>
>

Hi,

Glad to hear it

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"R. Meijn" <> wrote in message
news:8A4119A5-CB77-48F7-BA72-...
> Jonathan,
>
> you are quite right; uninstalling and subsequent reinstalling did cure this
> issue.
> Thanks for your valuable suggestion.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> René Meijn
> Hoeven
> The Netherlands
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> In a lot of cases, simply uninstalling Windows Live Messenger from (Add or Remove)
>> Programs
>> in the Control Panel and then reinstalling it will correct this.
>>
>> If not, come back and there are some slightly more in depth ways to fix this. What's
>> happening is the Windows Installer has detected a change to the configuration when
>> Messenger
>> was installed and attempts to "heal" itself by reinstalling itself. Obviously this is
>> failing and it's just going in circles (which isn't that rare of a situation sadly).
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>> "R. Meijn" <> wrote in message
>> news:1D3537F7-EDC0-49CA-90E0-...
>> > LS,
>> >
>> > after every reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
>> > starts an installation procedure after which the normal login screen opens
>> > and Messenger can be used normally.
>> > How to prevent undesired installations upon Windows reboot?
>> > By the way, this behaviour started after installation of several updates for
>> > Windows.
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Ren Meijn
>> > Hoeven
>> > The Netherlands
>>
>>

Every I reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
> starts to reinstall itself after which the normal login screen opens
> and Messenger can be used normally. I tried to reinstall messenger several times
ending up with the same problem.How can I correct this problem?



Ayal

hi,

i uninstall it and having same issue


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> In a lot of cases, simply uninstalling Windows Live Messenger from (Add or Remove) Programs
> in the Control Panel and then reinstalling it will correct this.
>
> If not, come back and there are some slightly more in depth ways to fix this. What's
> happening is the Windows Installer has detected a change to the configuration when Messenger
> was installed and attempts to "heal" itself by reinstalling itself. Obviously this is
> failing and it's just going in circles (which isn't that rare of a situation sadly).
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "R. Meijn" <> wrote in message
> news:1D3537F7-EDC0-49CA-90E0-...
> > LS,
> >
> > after every reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
> > starts an installation procedure after which the normal login screen opens
> > and Messenger can be used normally.
> > How to prevent undesired installations upon Windows reboot?
> > By the way, this behaviour started after installation of several updates for
> > Windows.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Ren Meijn
> > Hoeven
> > The Netherlands
>
>

Greetings,

Can you describe your issue a little more in detail with exact error message(s) that you're
receiving? I suspect what you're seeing is a bit different than the original post if a
uninstall/reinstall did not fix the problem.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"crisskiss" <> wrote in message
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> hi,
>
> i uninstall it and having same issue
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> In a lot of cases, simply uninstalling Windows Live Messenger from (Add or Remove)
>> Programs
>> in the Control Panel and then reinstalling it will correct this.
>>
>> If not, come back and there are some slightly more in depth ways to fix this. What's
>> happening is the Windows Installer has detected a change to the configuration when
>> Messenger
>> was installed and attempts to "heal" itself by reinstalling itself. Obviously this is
>> failing and it's just going in circles (which isn't that rare of a situation sadly).
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>> "R. Meijn" <> wrote in message
>> news:1D3537F7-EDC0-49CA-90E0-...
>> > LS,
>> >
>> > after every reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
>> > starts an installation procedure after which the normal login screen opens
>> > and Messenger can be used normally.
>> > How to prevent undesired installations upon Windows reboot?
>> > By the way, this behaviour started after installation of several updates for
>> > Windows.
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Ren Meijn
>> > Hoeven
>> > The Netherlands
>>
>>

I'm having the same issue. I had to reformat my hard drive on the weekend and
have installed, removed and reinstalled windows live messneger 4 times and
each time I restart it tries to reinstall itself. What is the more "in-depth"
way of fixing this please.

Thanks in advance.

"Ayal" wrote:

> Every I reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
> > starts to reinstall itself after which the normal login screen opens
> > and Messenger can be used normally. I tried to reinstall messenger several times
> ending up with the same problem.How can I correct this problem?
>
>
>
> Ayal

Greetings,

The first "in depth" way is to use the Windows Installer Cleanup utility, which you can find
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301

After installation, just run, find Windows Live Messenger on the list and choose Remove.
Then install Live Messenger again.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"Spawn" <> wrote in message
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> I'm having the same issue. I had to reformat my hard drive on the weekend and
> have installed, removed and reinstalled windows live messneger 4 times and
> each time I restart it tries to reinstall itself. What is the more "in-depth"
> way of fixing this please.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> "Ayal" wrote:
>
>> Every I reboot, Messenger Live 8.5 does not automatically open but
>> > starts to reinstall itself after which the normal login screen opens
>> > and Messenger can be used normally. I tried to reinstall messenger several times
>> ending up with the same problem.How can I correct this problem?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ayal